Morphology of Europan bands at high resolution: A mid-ocean ridge-type rift mechanism

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Prockter, Louise M ^a   Head III, James W ^a   Pappalardo, Robert T ^a   Sullivan, Robert J ^b   Clifton, Amy E ^c   Giese, Bernd ^d   Wagner, Roland ^d   Neukum, Gerhard ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europa; Galileo; Gray band; Mid ocean ridge; Morphology; Rift

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; JUPITER; LINEAMENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RIFT ZONE; SPREADING CENTER;

EID: 0037172642     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000je001458     Document Type: Article

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